As the wife of NFL player Eric Decker, Jessie James Decker has more than a little bit of expertise when it comes to tailgating. “I think the key is I like to make homemade food, you can make jambalaya, which is the quickest thing to put together,” she said. “If everyone has a little bit of that … and get some of your girlfriends and I mean it’s as simple as that.”

This year, Decker will be tailgating and cheering on her husband with a new team after the wide receiver signed a free agent deal with the Jets in the offseason. The transition to the new city, she said, has been easy.

“I’ve met everyone and everyone’s been phenomenal … “ she said. “Everyone’s so great and so friendly and so welcoming. I’ve already gone over to one of the other football wives’ homes and spent time with them.”

The singer spoke to For The Win before a “Ladies With Game” tailgating program launch in New York on Wednesday, where she’s partnering with Smirnoff Ice for what a preseason kickoff tailgate. The interview has been condensed below.

Smirnoff Ice Ladies With Game tailgate

For The Win: What would you say the best city for tailgating is?

Decker: I haven’t tailgated yet in New Jersey or New York, I’m sure it’s going to be phenomenal. But if I had to speak from experience, I’d say New Orleans is the best city I’ve ever tailgated in.

For The Win: Just because of the jambalaya?

Decker: Jambalaya and that’s where my whole family is from so I’ve seen firsthand how everyone does it, and we do it right.

For The Win: Before he was suspended, [your husband’s former teammate] Wes Welker suffered his third concussion and many people urged him to retire. If Eric had three concussions, what would you tell him?

Decker: I think any wife would be really really concerned for their husband. I think every football player has their point when they’re ready to stop and … I’m not sure [of] Wes Welker’s situation, maybe he’s ready to keep going. Of course I would tell Eric to stop, but every situation is different and I’m not there anymore, we’re not Broncos anymore, so it’s really hard to say. But of course any wife would be concerned for her husband’s health.

For The Win: You also have a five-month old now. Is she all ready for the football season?

Decker: Oh she’s ready to go. We’ve got all of her little football outfits going on, we’ve got her soundproof earphones so it’s not too loud for her, she’s set. She’s ready to go see dad do his thing.

A photo posted by Jessie James Decker (@jessiejamesdecker) on Aug 2, 2014 at 2:18pm PDT

For The Win: Do all the football wives get ready together before the game? Was there a routine in [Denver]?

Decker: None of us would get ready together because we all had kids or you know we’re all so nervous but we would ride together because we all [lived] in the same area. We definitely would be sending each other selfies and say ‘ok what are you wearing or should we all match and wear the same leggings from Victoria’s Secret?’ We would definitely all be in this together and we’d all get to the parking lot together. We’re all typically late … but we definitely were all in this together and that’s the thing I love about it. All us football wives are together and it’s a sisterhood you can’t explain.

A photo posted by Jessie James Decker (@jessiejamesdecker) on Feb 2, 2014 at 12:40pm PST

For The Win: Is there a hierarchy at all among football wives?

Decker: Not really. I didn’t really notice anything and unless somebody told me specifically I can’t know exactly what each football player does every time I arrive in a new city … [in Denver] as I was sitting with all of these women, I couldn’t tell whose husband belonged with who. So everyone is definitely on the same level, just kind of the same wife supporting her husband. I will say of course in Peyton Manning’s case, his wife Ashley was very busy but she would be. He’s a legend that probably has a lot going on and needs a strong wife to help with his busy schedule.

For The Win: Could you tell whose husband was who during the game? Or did you all sit their kind of quietly and white-knuckled?

Decker: Oh no, one of my best friends, Wesley Woodyard’s wife, Veronica … she was one to scream when her husband would tackle somebody and she had the loudest scream. We all just laughed and cheered on with her, she had the most enthusiasm it was amazing.

For The Win: Since your tailgate today is so focused on female fans and they’re such a big part of football, are you concerned at all or have you talked to your husband at all about the NFL’s response to domestic violence and how it will affect female fans?

Decker: You know we typically don’t talk about that. I don’t have much to touch on that. We keep it pretty positive believe it or not – I’m not just saying that for interview purposes – we keep it positive and if it’s not happening in our own backyard we just don’t really talk about it.

Eric Decker's wife says she would 'tell him to stop' after three concussions

The wife of the new Jets’ receiver opened up about tailgating, being a football wife and domestic violence in the NFL.

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